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Of course a company like Gigabyte, which has a “weight” considerable IT industry could not miss the ones that use operating system for mobile phones produced by Google – Android.

They plan to launch a smart phone with that operating system in the coming months, most likely in March, a model that still has an official name now appeared and its detailed specifications.

He will have a 2.8-inch diagonal screen with a resolution of 240×320, the 528MHz Qualcomm processor unfortunately will not support 3G but it compensates in some measure by wireless radio.

Also will have a GPS module, 2 megapixel camera, support MicroSD type memory and internal storage of 512MB.

The commercial launch, this “smart phone” will have a price around 300 USD.

Microsoft and Apple seem to be in negotiations to make Bing default search engine on the iPhone, we learn from MacRumors, citing BusinessWeek. Sources indicate that negotiations are already bears a few weeks and appears to have been initiated against the background of growing disagreements between Apple and Google.

“I know that Apple and Google are the primary enemy,” said one anonymous source of BusinessWeek, which estimated that “Microsoft is now a pawn in this battle. If negotiations will conclude successfully, it is possible that Bing to replace Google as default search engine and desktop version of Apple’s Safari browser.

A recent Google mobile market and acquire a mobile advertising company to Apple has brought the two giants in a conflict situation. There are even rumors that Apple would try to distance itself from Google Maps technology used by iPhone.
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Microsoft will try to promote the operating system Windows Mobile by launching the first mobile phone developed by the company, according to an analyst at investment bank Jefferies & Co.., Quoted by Bloomberg.

The American group will probably phone next month at the annual Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona, said Jefferies analyst Katherine Egbert, who described the terminal as’ phone Pink hear rumors about recently.

The device will encompass, among other features, a camera and a high-definition camera, supports it.

Windows Mobile market share fell below 10% in the third quarter of 2009, according to company
Gartner research, while the operating systems of Apple and Google have expanded their mobile customer base.
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Motorola fans, excited about how the American company went to market mobile phones, are eager to know what follows after aclamatele Droid (Milestone in Europe) and BackFlip. As far as is rumored, Motorola prepares a new smartphone with Android, code-named Shadow.

For now travel only with the alleged issue renderings of the device. Shadow would be presented with a large touchscreen (4.3 inch, 854 x 480 pixels) and QWERTY keyboard. Media specifications, if confirmed, would bring a premiere – video recording Full HD 1080p. The remaining hardware is unnecessary details, it is clear that we have to deal with a full smartphone, the only mystery is any new applications. Under these assumptions, Google Nexus One will get a redoubtable opponent.

Google confirmed that it already has a major update to Android 2.x in the pipeline tonight with word of its next codename. Android Senior Product Manager Erick Tseng in an interview told The Engadget Show that the next revision is nicknamed “Froyo“, short for “frozen yogurt”. The naming is in sync with past Android revisions’ dessert themes, as 1.6 was nicknamed “Donut” and 2.0 was “Eclair”.

What features are in store haven’t been mentioned, but Google normally reserves these codenames for significant milestones and often makes them public only when they’re within a few months of release. Version 2.0 added a much updated web browser, voice recognition and numerous other important new features, while even 2.1 adds animated backgrounds and other more noticeable changes. So far, updates have been spaced out in roughly half-year intervals.

Google announced that you can now search email and contacts on your Blackberry device if you use the built-in Messages and Contacts Apps and use the new version of Google Mobile App.

To use type or speak your query and Google Mobile App will search your emails and contacts in your device and return the results. This will allow you to quickly reply to an email or forward it.

Additionally, you can quickly call, SMS, or email contacts by typing the first few letters of your contact’s first or last name, then pressing the corresponding button. Google Mobile App will then suggest contacts as you type. You can then scroll down to select one. Google Mobile App promotes the people you contact frequently to the top of the suggestion list.


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If Steve Jobs is able to praise and a diode to turn it into a successful product, the other co-founder of Apple (Steve Wozniak), now busy with other projects not related to the company in Cupertino, expresses sincere opinion about gadgets . In an online interview with NBC Bay Area, confessed that his favorite is Google phone Nexus One and not the iPhone.

The statement, although some shocked (particularly in terms of war Apple – Google), is the natural result of series of criticisms made Apple since the emergence of the first iPhone. It was criticized because of lack of 3G connectivity and the lack of good support for developers. However, Wozniak has admitted that two such specimens, in addition to a Motorola Droid, a BlackBerry and Google’s new Nexus One obvious.